PI3K in the ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus mediates estrogenic actions on energy expenditure in female mice

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Saito, Kenji ^a   He, Yanlin ^a   Yang, Yongjie ^a   Zhu, Liangru ^a,b   Wang, Chunmei ^a   Xu, Pingwen ^a   Hinton, Antentor Othrell ^a   Yan, Xiaofeng ^a   Zhao, Jean ^c   Fukuda, Makoto ^a   Tong, Qingchun ^d   Clegg, Deborah J ^e   Xu, Yong ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE;

ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DISEASE MODEL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OBESITY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; OBESITY; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 84961839600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep23459     Document Type: Article

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